Are You Afraid of the Dark in 500 Words or Less Season 1 | Episode 3 The Tale of the Lonely Ghost
David has a HUGE crush on Kristen so when he finds out her birthday is coming up he decides to celebrate by … scaring the shit outta her by sneaking up behind her in the woods. Smooth move, David. He gives her an early birthday present but there’s no time to open it right now because it’s story time!
The Tale of the Lonely Ghost introduces us to a rather nerdy but super sweet girl named Amanda who is sent to stay with her dotty Aunt Dottie and her awful cousin Beth (a redhead, no less) for the summer. Amanda thinks she is going to hang out with her cousin Beth and have some summertime fun but Beth quickly squashes that idea.
Amanda meets Beth’s nanny who Beth treats like garbage. Amanda feels sorry for Nanny and notices Nanny wears a locket around her neck. Take note of this – it’s important.
Beth finally relents and gives Amanda the opportunity to hang out with her and her totally tubular friends. The catch is Amanda has to spend the night in the house next door which is rumored to be haunted. Since Amanda doesn’t believe in ghosts, she accepts Beth’s challenge and heads over to the house in the middle of the night.
Once there, Amanda ventures upstairs where she a dead girl reflected in the closet mirror. Amanda freaks out and leaves. The next morning, Aunt Dottie scolds Beth and Amanda because the house was vandalized. She sends the two next-door to do some cleaning up.
When Amanda and Beth arrive next door, they discover the upstairs bedroom has the words HELPME written all over the walls, only backwards. Beth believes Amanda did this to get back at her but Amanda assures her cousin she did not do this. Now the next series of events are crazy so hang on reader! Beth gets trapped in the bedroom closet, the ghost girl leaves the closet and Amanda figures out that Nanny is the ghost girl’s mother.
Amanda runs next door to find that Nanny is leaving – for good. She’s tired of putting up with Beth’s shit. Amanda convinces her to come next door, but Nanny says she can’t because the memories are too painful. Amanda succeeds in getting Nanny over to the house next door and Nanny and her daughter are reunited. Nanny steps into the closet mirror with her daughter (presumably killing herself?) and Amanda releases Beth from the closet just as Beth’s friends arrive. Amanda and Beth’s friends let Beth know some changes need to be made. The end
David succeeds in telling a truly spooky tell and just as everyone is about to leave, he reminds Christmas of the gift he gave her. She opens it and it’s a locket. She promises to wear it forever and kisses him. That’s it for another episode of Are You Afraid of the Dark!
